Substitute
Member of the House of Lords
Conservative
House of Lords
GB - SW1A 0PW - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
09/10/2023 - Session Current affairs debate on the situation in the North of Kosovo* following the recent attack and the need for de-escalation 21/04/2021 - Session Belarus is urged to carry out comprehensive reform of its electoral system 31/03/2021 - Political Affairs and Democracy Belarus is urged to carry out comprehensive reform of its electoral system 18/11/2019 - Election observation Belarus: curbs on freedoms and concerns over procedural integrity tarnish elections 13/11/2019 - Election observation PACE to observe the early parliamentary elections in Belarus
03/10/2024 | 10:22:44 Mister MORRIS, I am delighted to see you in the chair for this important debate. This is an excellent report by Mr Knut ABRAHAM and very ably presented by my colleague Lord Richard KEEN. Of course, Vladimir PUTIN denies that the Holodomor ever happened. That's just another PUTIN lie, just as he says that Ukraine invaded Russia, not the other way around. As this excellent report makes clear, the Soviet Union always claimed that the famine was just an act of God affecting the whole of Russia... 02/10/2024 | 18:21:14 Is that working now? My apologies. Technical incompetence. It's a pleasure to support the report with my colleague, Mr Zsolt NÉMETH, his co-rapporteur, Mr Aleksandar NIKOLOSKI. It sets out some welcomed improvements, but highlights that some fundamental problems remain and have not been addressed. I first visited Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996 when I was on a special mission for the United Kingdom government in Mostar. Half the city was in ruins and I walked over thousands of empty rifle... 28/06/2024 | 10:14:18 The report is extensive and morally well intentioned. By "extensive", I mean it calls for human rights protections for a wide variety of things from growing socio-economic inequalities, public health emergencies, wars and conflicts, rapid technological advances, intergenerational inequality and a less anthropocentric view of the environment. I agree that preventing the loss of plant and animal species is vitally important. When a species is wiped out, it is gone forever, and one day that... 26/06/2024 | 11:44:19 Mister Chairman, these are excellent reports. First of all, on an international tribunal, this Council should move immediately to create one. In 1944, four countries, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and France, set up the Nuremberg tribunal. There was no precedent, no rules to follow, but they made their own and justice was done. That is a model we should follow since the rules of procedure can be replicated today. There will never be an international criminal court... 25/06/2024 | 11:37:37 Mister President. I thank the rapporteur Mr George PAPANDREOU for all the work he's put into this Report and for his good intentions to widen democracy. Nevertheless, I am deeply concerned that what he proposes will weaken the rights of elected members and give more power to unelected and single-issue pressure groups. Of course, we all want more people to take an interest in how their country is run and to participate by then voting for representatives. If you don't vote, then don't complain...
31/03/2021 | Doc. 15253 | Report Urgent need for electoral reform in Belarus
01/10/2024 | Doc. 16051 | Motion for a resolution Violations of media freedom and the right to information in Poland 03/07/2024 | Doc. 16022 | Motion for a resolution Georgian law on "foreign influence" 02/07/2024 | Doc. 15962 | Written declaration Appeal to the United States Congress 15/04/2024 | Doc. 15962 | Written declaration Appeal to the United States Congress 31/01/2024 | Doc. 15922 | Motion for a resolution Addressing the financial exclusion of Latin American immigrants
03/10/2024 | Doc. 16028, vote on the draft text for resolution Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor – Ukraine once again faces the threat of genocide 02/10/2024 | Doc. 16040, vote on the draft text for resolution The detention and conviction of Julian Assange and their chilling effects on human rights 02/10/2024 | Doc. 16039, vote on the draft text for resolution The honouring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina 28/06/2024 | Doc. 15999, vote on the draft text for resolution Safeguarding human rights for future generations 25/06/2024 | Doc. 15871, vote on the draft text for resolution Strengthening a youth perspective in the work of the Parliamentary Assembly